The Wanapitei Colloquium commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Temagami Blockades and Resistance of 1988-1989. The sessions will highlight the significance of Aboriginal resistance movements in general and specifically of the Temagami area. Papers will be presented from both historical and contemporary perspectives. There will be a trip to the Aboriginal site of the 1989 Blockade.

I. Thursday Evening, August 26th-8:00-10:00 p.m.

Session: Remembering the Temagami Blockades

Welcome and Introduction by Bruce Hodgins.

Chair: John S. Milloy

1. Gary Potts, "Indigenous Actions to Regain and Retain their Place (The Purpose of Blockades and Resistance)

2. Bruce Hodgins, "Make way in the Name of the Queen: Personal Reflections".

3. David T. McNab, "Remembering an Intellectual Wilderness: A Captivity Narrative at Queen's Park, 1989".

Discussion

II. Friday, August 27th, Field Trip to Bear Island

Breakfast

Day Trip, Ferguson Bay, Ko Ko Ko & Hub and Bear Island-Lunch and Tour of Bear Island-return to Wanapitei: Note: Two Groups divided for this Day trip.

Dinner at Wanapitei.

III. Session: Resistance, Blockades and Aboriginal Cinema

8:00-10:00 p.m.

Chair: Ute Lischke-McNab

List of Possible Films

1. Jamie Cullingham, "Frozen Caution". 2. Temagami Last Stand 3. Sherman Alexie: "Smoke Signals" 4. Alanis Obomsawin: "Kahnesatake 270 Years"

Discussion

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH

Breakfast

IV. Historical Perspectives on Resistance and Blockades

SESSION: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Chair: Molly Blyth

1. Dale Standen, "The French-Amerindian Conflict of 1747: Resistance or Realignment?"

2. Rhonda Telford, "Aboriginal Resistance in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Anishnabe, their allies and the closing of the Mining Operations at Mica Bay and Michipicoton Island".

3. Michael Ripmeester, "Intentional Resistance or Just 'Bad Behaviour': Reading for Everyday Resistance at the Alderville First Nation, 1837-1876".

Discussion

Coffee Break at 10:15 a.m.

SESSION: 10:15 a.m.- 12:30 pm.

Chair: David T. McNab

1. Brian Osborne, "Barter, Bible or Bush: Strategies of Survival and Resistance among the Mississaugas of the Kingston area in the Nineteenth Century".

2. Jason R. Miller, "The Tsilhqot'in, the War of 1864 and relations of Colonialism and Resistance in the Formation of British Columbia".

3. Scott Trevithick, "Conflicting Outlooks: The Background to the 1924 Deposing of the Six Nations Hereditary Council"

4. Susan Campbell, "The Unfinished Story of a Land Rights Case: Ginoogaming First Nation (Long Lac, Ontario) confronts consequences of the 1937-39 Diversion of the Kenogami River"

Discussion

Lunch: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

V. Contemporary Perspectives of Resistance: I

1:30-3:00 P.M. SESSION

Chair: John S. Milloy

1. Sylvia Van Kirk, "E. Pauline Johnson: Writing as Resistance".

2. Ellesa Clay High, "You can't chop Peace down: Planting the White Pine Tree at West Virginia University" with Photograpic Slides by Anna M. Schein, University Librarian, West Virginia University.

3. Krystyna Sieciechowicz, "Everyday Resistance and Official History: The Experiences of the Chippewa of Sarnia First Nation"

Discussion

Coffee Break

3:15-5:30 p.m. SESSION

VI. Contemporary Perspective of Resistance: II

Chair: Bruce Hodgins

1. Kent McNeil, "Aboriginal Title on the Ground: Establishing and Protecting Present Occupation"

2. Jamie Lawson, "Roads, Blockades and Settlements: Temagami and Algonquin Park".

3. Liz Guerrier, "The Discourse on Self-Government".

4. Peggy Shaughnessy, "The Echoes of Resistance: Co-ercion and Injustice within a Canadian Prison".

Discussion

Dinner

Evening

VII. Session: Hike to Aboriginal Blockade Site of 1989

Slides and Pictures of the Temagami Blockades of 1988-1989

VIII. Session: Sunday Morning, August 29th

Chair: Bruce Hodgins

1. Brief Wrap-up

2. Brief Planning for Wanapitei Colloquium V

Possible Theme: Aboriginal Cinema and Literature

NOTE: Dream Canoe Trip to Maple Mountain, north of Lake Temagami

In conjunction with the Colloquium, Camp Wanapitei is planning a 5-6 day field trip-a canoe trip from Sunday, September 29th to September 2-3rd to Maple Mountain, the sacred place of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai, to see pictographs, Maple Mountain, the sacred site of Shishkong and the Three Sisters in the Obabika Lake Forest area on the way back.

The cost for this trip is very reasonable, at just over $300 in Canadian funds per person, with discounts if you have your own tent and canoe, especially if you pay in U.S. funds. For information contact Camp Wanapitei at "camp@wanapitei.net" or myself at "dtmcnab@chass.utoronto.ca"